Forward of the Marathon gameplay reveal on April 12, developer Bungie has promised that people on non-PlayStation platforms received’t want a PlayStation Community account to play.
“Marathon is not going to require a PlayStation Account for gamers on PC and Xbox,” Bungie mentioned in a submit to the sport’s official Discord channel Wednesday afternoon. The announcement prompted excited emoji reactions from gamers within the type of dozens of flames, a couple of hearts, and, inexplicably, a pregnant man. “That is the most important information for me!” the consumer who began the dialog mentioned. “It seems like now I can really really feel excited for the sport!”
“Because of technical points on the launch of Helldivers 2, we allowed the linking necessities for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Community account to be briefly elective,” Sony’s announcement mentioned. “That grace interval will now expire.”
Helldivers 2 gamers have been, naturally, upset by this information. Not solely was this requirement an pointless problem, it had the potential to bar of us altogether in the event that they lived in nations with out PlayStation Community entry. The outcry was so giant — maybe as a result of gamers have been utilizing techniques they discovered in-game — that Sony backtracked after simply three days. Regardless of this blip, Helldivers 2 continued to be an enormous success.
Quick-forward to at present, and it’s apparent why individuals wanting ahead to Marathon — which, whereas not technically printed by Sony, remains to be beneath the corporate’s purview resulting from its possession of Bungie — have been questioning that it would endure the identical destiny. However everybody can breathe a sigh of reduction understanding they received’t want an account on a wholly completely different platform in the event that they wish to play on Xbox or PC.
Bungie has but to announce a launch window for Marathon, however we might discover out extra data throughout Saturday’s stream.
